A 40-year-old doctor from London committed suicide after inflicting injuries on her body at her residence in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash.
The deceased identified as Megha Kayal and police said that she was in depression after she lost her 79-year-old mother recently. A suicide note was also found from the spot.
According to Benita Mary Jaiker, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South district, on Sunday, on receipt of MLC from Apollo hospital regarding a suicide, the police team reached at the house of the deceased who was identified as Megha Kayal.
She was a doctor in London Milton Keynes University Hospital. She was there in London since 1 year and worked in Medicine and Neuro in NHS London. Prior to this, she was a doctor in Appolo hospital in Delhi's Sarita Vihar, she said.
After the death of her mother on January 27 due to ailment, she wa in deep depression as informed by her sister-in-law. Her father is also a cancer patient and is at his lage stage, police said.
"At about 7. 40 AM, when Kayal was not opening the door, her sister-in-law opened the door using a duplicate key and found her lying unconscious and having self inflicted injuries on thigh. Immediately, the family members shifted her to Appolo Hospital where she was declared dead," the DCP said.
A suicide note was also found but nothing suspicion is being raised by the family members behind her death, she said.
It was revealed that Kayal was deeply shocked due to death of her mother and she was in depression, she added.
Police said inquest proceedings are being carried out and the body was handed over to the family after post-mortem.